Argentina elects “shock therapy” libertarian Javier Milei as President
Updated: 12:20pmBuenos Aires Reuters Argentina elected libertarian outsider Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty. Official results showed Milei with near 56 per cent versus 44 per cent for his rival, […]
Liberia presidential election heads for November run-off vote
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes. Weah holds a slim lead at 43.83 per cent of the vote, while Boakai has 43.44 per cent, according to […]
Turkey’s Erdogan prevails in election test of his 20-year rule
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power. His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it “the most unfair election in years” but did not dispute the outcome. Turkish […]
Explainer – Turkey election 2023: What’s at stake in the runoff?
Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aims to extend his rule into a third decade in an election on Sunday, with the momentum seen in his favour in the runoff vote after a first round showed him ahead of his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Already buoyed by a parliamentary majority won by his Islamist-rooted AK Party and […]
Montenegro holds run-off presidential election
Podgorica, MontenegroReuters Montenegrins were set to vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, pitting long-time incumbent Milo Djukanovic against a Western-educated economist pledging to lift the nation out of a crisis marked by no-confidence votes in two governments. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 8pm. First unofficial results by pollsters, based […]
Updated: In the US state of Georgia, final warnings about high-stakes Senate runoffs
Updated: 2:30pm (AEDT)Atlanta, Georgia, USAP President-elect Joe Biden on Monday told Georgia Democrats they had the power to “chart the course” for a generation as President Donald Trump urged Republican voters to “swamp” the polls ahead of runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate. Trump made his final-hours pitch to voters at […]